Born on 11 March 1955, in Poland Married, two sons
Education
Master’s degree in languages (Romanic philology) 1974-1978 : Jagellonne University, Cracow, Poland 1995-1997: Teacher training college, Cracow
Professional background
May 2011
Elected Deputy General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation at the Athens Congress
Re-elected in 2007 in Seville Responsible for: social protection, disabled people, regional policy and economic and social cohesion, internal market, services of general interest
Since 2003
Elected Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation at the Prague Congress in May 2003.
1999-2002
Vice-President of the National Commission
1998 2003 Secretary of the National Commission of NSZZ “Solidarność”, Gdansk
1997-1998 Coordinator of the European Integration Commission, Gdansk, Poland
1992 – 2003
Member of the National Commission of NSZZ “Solidarność”
1992-1996
Secretary of the Regional Council of NSZZ “Solidarność”, Rzeszów, Poland
1981-1992
Civil servant with the National Education Ministry (dormitory supervisor and language teacher) in different schools (technical secondary school, arts secondary school, primary school), Rzeszów, Poland
1980
Co-founder of NSZZ “Solidarność”, member of its Works Council at “Telkom-Telos”, Cracow
1979
Military service, armoured infantry military school, Wroclaw – Warsaw
1978-1981
Sales agent for “Telkom-Telos”, a tele-electronics company, Cracow, Poland
Other professional activities
1998-2001
Member of the Consultative Committee reporting to the Minister Plenipotentiary in charge of integration into the European Union
1999-2001
Member of the Policy Programming Council for CONSENSUS (PHARE programme on social protection)